Mizzou’s Top 10

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MU’s founders established the first state university in Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase territory, sharing his ideal that “diffusion of knowledge among the people” is essential for a free society.

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MU’s 35,441 highest-ever enrollment includes record numbers of international, minority and out-of-state students. Mizzou Tigers graduate, on average, in 4.1 years.

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Based on quality of teaching, research and scholarship, MU is one of only 34 public U.S. universities — and one of only two institutions in Missouri — invited to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU).

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A $2.1 billion global enterprise, MU accounts for about 70 percent of the research dollars flowing to Missouri public universities. Research generates new knowledge and jobs.

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MU is one of only six public institutions nationwide that can claim a medical school, veterinary medicine college and a law school on the same campus. Faculty and students also have immediate access to agriculture and engineering colleges along with the largest nuclear research reactor on any American campus..

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Known for collaborative, interdisciplinary research, MU has incomparable expertise and resources on a global scale in four areas: Food for the Future, One Health/One Medicine, Media of the Future and Sustainable Energy. We call it The Mizzou Advantage.

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Ellis Fischel Cancer Center at MU is the first academic health center to join MD Anderson Cancer Network® as a certified member. The network gives medical teams access to MD Anderson’s experts and best practices.

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MU educates the workforce, including a large number of STEM graduates. Of the 8,369 degrees awarded during the 2013-14 academic year, 3,283 were in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and health fields.

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MU ranks second in the Southeastern Conference for multiyear Academic Progress Rate, which is determined by eligibility, graduation and retention of student-athletes.

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As a botanic garden, the historic MU campus offers visitors 42,000 plants and trees in numerous thematic and special collection settings.